The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 4, 1938, Page 2

‘PAGE Two Be Key West Citizen pt Sunday By NG CO. INC. reene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County tntered at Key West ida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or. not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news publish ACTIVE One Year ix Months ‘Three Months Ine Month Weekly $10.00 - 5.00 2.50 3 ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notie: rds of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary ni ete., will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line Notices for entertainments by churches from which | a revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations. . fhe IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN : vip ater 2 Sewerage. aM, ns 3 Sy ali’ ie 6 VawApih 6: 4. ; Bething, Raxition. Hodarpontskemd’and Sea. 6. Corisolidation of County and City Governments. A eynic suggests that a woman keeps a eleam mind beeause she changes it so often, The best reducing exercise that we know is pushing away from the table three times a day. ‘ ’ It’s pretty soft for dictators when they know their opponents are too humane to go to war. We are never independent but inter- dependent. Man’s first act after birth is a ery for help and his last act is likely to be the same. Says Felix Morley, editor of the Wash- | ‘ing-ton Post: “The United States needs few er papers which call themselves Republi- ean, Democratic, Socialist or Communistic and more which call themselves Independ- ent and justify the use of that adjeetive.” | The government of the United States does not believe in isolation. in the face of such cries as Italians,” “Germany for Germans,” ‘‘Mex- ico for Mexicans,” and:a short while back we heard the injunction “Buy British.” Yet im time of want and distress all call on nele Sam for aid in the name of hu- @ranity, and when the petitioners get what ant they laugh. ip, their sleeves until h Ber hunger for more. bein Y A Preside it Roosevelt, in defense of his eorganization bill, after midnight one night last week, had the correspondents awakened from their slumbers to inform | the people of a letter he had written to an inquiring friend in which he stated that he did not want to be a dictator, was not ovalified to be one, and saw too much of the pernicious actions of dictators in European countries to make it desirable. One other point the President shoul! have made is that the American people will never stand for a dietator, and that point puts all three points of President Roose- velt to naught. Nothing living can equal the speed of things mechanical. It had been said that the botfly could fly at the rate of 818 miles an hour, which is 78 miles speedier than sound, but scientifie investigation has exploded this fantastic yarn for, among other reasons, a fly traveling at such a speed would encounter a wind pressure against its head of about eight pounds per square inch, enough to crush its head. Possibly the investigator who made the origina! claim meant the rate of Speed of the fly as it darts from place to Place. So the botfly is acquitted of lonz distance speeding. But are we | not at a disadvantage as non-isolationists | “Ttaly for | | A NEW WATERWAY SURVEY! Completion of the Intracoastal Water- ‘way, which at present needs only deepen- ing the stretch from Bahia Honda to Key West, is again interesting civic bodies. A recent request for an eight foot depth on the stretch in question was turn- | ed down by the U. S. Engineering Board. This might be believed to be an impasse for local efforts, but such is not the case. T. K. Hodges, inspe¢tor with the U. |S. Engineering Force. at » Mi, ub Beach, makés d'very revebling stateier id says ~ THE KEY WEST CITIZEN THE OVERWORKED HOD-CARRIE HURRY UP WITHA them BRICKS !! i | water gap, ‘will be completed by | |:that:the Waterway from Jacksonville to | / Miami is 100 feet.wide and eight feet deep all the way. From .Miami. to. «Mangrove Bank, near Bahia . Honda,,, the present | project is 75 feet wide and 7 feet deep. } The Key West request for an eight foot depth was too big to start things off, Hodges says. A local committee from the Rotary Club, headed by William Demeritt, Super- and a committee from the Yacht Club, headed by Major James McMullen, is con- | sidering making a request to the Com- | merce Committee of the Senate that anoth- ' er War Department syrvey be made here, requesting a five foot depth or such depth | as the Department sees fit. ate ° Later, when commerce on the water- | way increases, then a request for another | survey may be made, | At low tide the depth through ‘the | stretch in question is but two to two and | and half feet. At high tide, however, | boats drawing five feet often make the | trip. | At all events, the next request will be much more sensible, and should be productive of results, which is what is desired, “SIGNS” AND A BIG WAR” Human beings are prone to seek signs | and portents of coming events. We like to prophesy. | Our efforts are seldom restricted by the “signs” that mean something. Recently, | an Associated Press dispatch from Roches- | ter, Indiana, advised that “war cannot be serted had been followed in the past by long and costly and destructive wars. Those who believe in this sign say that Providence | is providing the extra meat for the battling armies, This year the lamb yield is “‘believ- ed to be the largest in the country’s his- tory.” Apparently, a big war is just around the corner, ZONING—ANOTHER SILVER LINING FOR KEY WEST (Tampa Daily Times) Key West has had a “second ehance” not | available to most cities, and is apparently going | to take advantage of it. The city council has pass- j éd a zoning ordinance and after the rough spots | have been smoothed out, far-seeing citizens are | hopeful that the Legislature will pass the routine | | law making it iron-clad. | When Key West was a growing cigar manu- facturing and pott city, its public officials didn’t get around to passiig zoning laws, and besides, | when a city isigvewing rapidly nobody wants ‘to | be told where'they'‘@an put up a business ora | home. They simply want to put them up—and | who wants to heckle them? Then after Key West had dwindled to a small, | virtually helpless community under the buffetings of a hurricane and fate, there was no need for any | law saying where business could or could not be | built. But now that the new overseas highway is about to be opened, Key West seems to be preg | paring to make the most of expected new growth Now is the time for the island community to establish a zoning plan, if it is ever to have one— before its second growing pains take everyone's mind off a worthwhile cause. Tampa's Bayshore zoning law has been upheld in State and Federal Courts. i be zoned and the least painful..timeitad’do it is be- fore too many toes have.moyed in tp be stepped on. Progressive communities ought to WELCOME TO THE WAH6O (Tampa Tribune) A new fish has made its appearance in Florida waters—the wahoo. Wahoos have been caught be- fore, at rare intervals, but they are now showing Mr. | intendent of Lighthouses, Seventh District, | able newspaper publicity, as can the announcements covering nav- al and Cuban participation, etc. I have some other - ideas . and SUGGESTIONS FOR CELEBRATION | Editor, The Citizen: Through your hospitable col- | unns I should like to offer a few | | suggestions regarding the project- ed dedication of the Overseas Highway. Noting that July 4 has been set tentatively as the date of | the celebration, I hope I offend) | no one in pointing out that thou- \sands of upstate and northern! | residents will take advantage of | | the holiday weekend to come to |Key West. In other words, the crowds will come here anyway ing I do not want to take any more of your valuable space at this time. Thank you. NEW RESIDENT. Key West, Florida, April 4, 1938. CITES BRIDGE DANGER Editor, The Citizen: I am bringing this to your at- tention for I know of no one else who could better take note of they will be yours for the ask-| MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1938. THE WEATHER | DAYS GONE BY Temperature* 82 7 aL 74 Highest - Happenings Here Just 10 Years| Lowest - Ago Today As Taken From Mean _.. The Files of The Citizen | Normal Mean | Rainfall® Work on the Key Vacas stretch | Yesterday’s Precipitation T. Ins. of the Overseas Highway will be- Normal Precipitation .05 Ins. gin this week. Jenner Brothers, | ..\ ng RARER TE THUS AG contractors, are today moving Tomorrow's Almanac equipment to the scene. The ap-| Sun rises —” 6:14 a. proximately 13 miles of road,/ Sun sets 6:45 p. o is almost? exactly gin the | Moon rises 10:05 a I€ of {thé “present 40-mile | Moon sets - 11:58 p. Tomorrow s Tides A.M. «1 m. m. m,. | October 1. Jenner ae cies have | eed»to pay \the Florida East | 43; SRST enka Between $6,000 | fieP ane 000 the road seeks because | savilig’it$ ‘fills will make | in the road work. Final agree- ment with ‘the Jenner Brothers, was reached yesterday afternoon. Execution of a contract awarded | Till 7:30 p. m., Tuesday) the company on March 12 has! Key West and Vicinity: Gen- been held up since that date| erally fair and somewhat warmer while differences between the! tonight; Tuesday partly cloudy county and the F. E. C. were be-' and unsettled; gentle to moderate \ing thrashed out. The railroad northeast and east winds. held that the county should pay; Florida: Generally fair and for the amount of fill saved by | warmer tonight; Tuesday partly putting the roadway alongside| cloudy, unsettled in extreme ‘the railroad. It would require con-|south portion, slightly warmer in siderably less material and work | north portion. if the highway fill was built | Jacksonville to Florida Straits against that of ihe railroad right-| and East Gulf: Gentle to mod- of-way, was the contention of the|erate northeast to east winds, railroad engineers. County engi-| and partly overcast weather to- | neers admitted there would be a! night and Tuesday. saving but the courity' «commis- | sioners were not inclined to pay | the amount asked. i P.M. 1:19 12:36 3 5:58 7:51 Barometer read at 8 a. mi Sea level, 30.08. WEATHER FORECAST WEATHER CONDITIONS | Pressure is moderately low this ‘ ; morning over There will be a good game Of | portion of the country, and from baseball played tomorrow on the| ipa fie m. |) the northeastern » far western Canada southward to while moderate high pressure areas are crested over the East Gulf and South Atlantic States, the northern Plains States, and off the California coast. Light to moderate rain has ec- curred during the last 24 hours on. the Pacific coast from San Fran- northward, light rain in ouri, and light to moderately, snow in portions of. .the Lake region, Buffalo, N. Y., re- porting 4.0 inches om the ground: this morning. ‘Temperatures are’ somewhat below normal this morning! throughout most of the eastern, half of the country, with readings below freezing in the Lake re- gion and extreme upper Missis-! ppi Valley, and are generally. asonable over western districts. G. S. KENNEDY, Official in Charge. Mexico; President indicates compulsory} consolidation may be undertaken to solve the rail problem. NO NAME LODGE At South Ferry Landing Directly On Beach COTTAGES BATHING FISHING BOATS RATES: $1. $2. $3 Per Day PLAN TO LEAVE KEY WEST "BEFORE TAKING PEARY. BI IE TAK: rE! j Stone Crabs, Tuttle 8 si Phones No Name: Novkw |: Mr. atid Mrs. Citi Craig, Mgrs. : field at the navy yard, between} pare teams from the U.S.S. Antares| and a picked nine from. the city. | \Batteries will [Kline for the visitors and Lefty | Gonzalez and L. Griffin for the! !ocals. Collins is considered one Double wine! Attention Housewives Bargain during the holiday, so why bill a celebration for the same date? For that reason, it might be better for the business interests of the city to observe the dedica- tion the weekend of June 11, 12 and 13, or the weekend of June what I am going to write. of the best receivers in the navy, Returning to Miami from Key | and his mate, Kline, recently es- West yesterday I stopped on one’ tablished: a record against the} of the wooden bridges near Key | Quantico Marine Players, one of West to let the bus pass me. I) the strongest teams in the navy, stopped close to the rail andj when he pitched a no-hit, no-run| waited. As the bus passed me game. To meet this kind of com- it THE NEW GENERAL ELECTRIC RANGE ONLY far away.” The conclusion was based on | bumper lamb yields which “oldtimers’’ as- | 18, 19 and 20. Such an arrange- ment would give the city another jpeak load of business two or three weeks before the July 4th holiday. I do not believe it would be feasible to celebrate the dedi- cation late in the year. By that |time the: Overseas project will | have become commonplace in the, public mind and few newspapers | lor other publications would ex- | | tend themselves publicizing the} j event i Without the expepditure of a | great deal of money the dedica- | tion can be made a dignified and | stirring event. Here are a few | ideas that might be incorporated in the program: First, invite the Navy depart- ment to send a‘ fleet of airplanes |to Key West on that occasion. It |is only a short air hop here from Pensacola, navy aviation base. | Second, request the State .De- partment at Washington to in- vite the co-operation of , the Cuban- government in the Key; West celebration. The Cuban government might be willing to send some gunboats and air- planes and to land some of her marines and sailors to join South |Florida’s National Guard and Naval Reserves in a colorful pa- rade here. Of course, the War Department would have to give the Cubans permission to land troops. There is a strong argu- | ment in favor of Cuban participa- | tion in our celebratiog. This is, }I believe, the 40th anniversary of | Cuban independence. The move-! ment for Cuban independence | | was organized and principally es- | poused in Key West. It is fitting | that Key West, which aided Cuba | on the road to political independ- ence, should now be setting out to attaingcomplete economic in- dependence as result of the com- pletion of the Overseas Highway. Third, inwite the various Cuban societies and Pan-American good- will groups of Key West, Miami) and other Florida cities to parti-| cipate in the Key West parade| and fiesta. ! Fourth, request the Monroe county commission to put the old ferries in operation during fhe period of the celebration to pro- vide free trips for those of our visitors wishing to tour the wa-/ | terfront and harbor. fth, arrange for boats to pro- | vide as many as possible of our visitors with free fishing trips. Sixth, send invitations to Presi- dent Roosevelt, Secretary Ickes, | Harry Hopkins, Governor Cone and his staff and other state and | federal officials to participate in | the dedication ceremonies. Is- suance of these invitations can be the means of obtaining consider- up in numbers. Several eatthes have been report- Dijpeee Relief ed at Key West The Wahoo, according to the fish expert of } catching it is great sport. Let's go wahooing. the vibration was so great shook the car heavily long before the bus reached me and after it passed me but was severe as it came along side of me. The bus driver was not driving fast, it’s just that those bridges have to be watched and traffic had better start to crawl or they will be down and Key :West cut off again and if it’s cut! off again during. this activity it will be most serious for it wil] hurt the city tremendously forever. I also noted tourists taking the bridges easily at 50 miles. They just won’t stand it. It should be brought to the attention of of- | ficials through your press if they can not be far-sighted enough to see it themselves. G. W. WILLIAMS. Miami, Fia., April 1938. veces Today In History Cecceccccecccecceeoosose 1838—The | “Sirius”, 703-ton paddle steamer, left England for New York—one of the first ships to use steam all the wya across. passengers, took 18% days to cross, with crew mutinous for fear they would never get to America, 1850—Population of Los. An- geles 1610 and that of country 3500—lost. population as men flocked te: ngrthern gold fields. 1856—Western Union Telegraph Company chartered by State,;of New York. 1918—Battle of the Somme— American troops occupy Meuse Heights. 1933—U. S. Navy “Akron”, world’s largest dirigible, sinks off New Jersey coast. 1934—-Johnson Bill, prohibiting loans to nations in default, passed by Congress. 1937—16,000 Flint auto workers return to work. petition the Key West team will | ‘be composed of the best players inthe city. Editorial comment: Unless ail | signs fail, the coming election will prove to be one of the hot- | test political races in history. | ‘There will be, present indications | point out, a record breaking num- | ber of candidates in the field. | A daughter was born yesterday | to Mr. ad Mrs. Kenneth New in their home in the army bar-/ racks. The newcomer has been} given the name of Alberta Eliza-! beth. | SSRN er | U.S.S. Sandpiper, of the navy’s} scouting fleet air squadron, ar-| rived today from the maneuver | area in Cuban waters. After! fueling here the vessel will pro- | leeed to Hampton Roads. | Arthur B. Clark, president of a/| big Chicago contracting firm, is a visitor jn the city and plans to lengthen his stay though his business in Cuba, to where he} started, he says is urgent. Mr. | Clark says that this is the first) time he has been in Key West) but since his arrival, has been; made to feel so much at home) that he dreads to leave the city at once, .He will remain a few _days longer, go to Cuba, and re- | turn’later to spend a while, i gak The marriage of Miss Adella Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Davis, of 313 Fleming | street, to Burton Craig, will be solemnized in Miami in the near | future. Mrs. Davis has gone to Miami to remain until after the wedding. A profusely illustrated page appears in the April 1 edition of | the Sunday American of Atlanta, | ni which Key West and the East Coast are featured. The resoure- es of Key West and her attrac-| tions are admirably treated in the | story which is from the fertile pen of Dudley V. Haddock. Round Gut Your KEY. WEST visit 3: HAVANA ia P & O Steamship CUBA “Ta Key Wen, 830m. Mondeys-Thurdeys WAS Al 3 THRIFTY FEATURES! ‘You will want for your kitchen a range that is completely modern. Here it is—the new 1938 General Electric. Ie is the only range— at any price— chat has all these new Three Thrifty Features: 1—Tel-A-Cook Lights. 2—Five Speed Calred Cooking Unit. 3—Tripl-Oven. These three features alone ake General Electric a great buy, but there are many more reasons. TEL-A-COOK LIGHTS. Inform you instantly when SELECT-A-SPEED CALROD UNIT. Five cooking heacs from one unit, with ‘one switch! Hi-Speed, Half-Speed, d Speed; for keeping 's worn la {9 applied. Save electric current by eliminating needless waste. A new exdusive G-E feature. food Low: 409 - sayee up to 40% im current. 2-Extra-large Mew: Gren | esas reer ort Thrife- shee 4 ELECTRIC RANGE COOKERY 20" tne INCLUDING MEALS Ly. Havens, 9:00 0.m. Tuesdays-Frideys BERTH AT SEA Ac. Key West, 3:15 pm. same shernoon —. ® CUBAN TOURST TAX su 10 DAY LIMIT To PORT TAMPA, Tuesdays and Frideys, 5 p. = al fee thlonsction, Tickets ond Reservations, Phone 14 3. 1. COSTAR, Agent A set of electric cooking utensils will be given away with each 1938 Model Gene-al Electric Range sold and installed during this sale. Also a liberal allowance will be made for your old stove. TERMS AS LOW AS $2.69 PER MONTH THE KEY WEST ELECTRIC CO.